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Democrat Women of Mercer County members met via Zoom for the July meeting. As a first order of business, they discussed options for meeting in person and decided to continue meeting safely online in the coming months.
DWMC President Kim Powell introduced a special guest to offer some insight into the views and activities of younger voters. Maggie Kelso, a Mercer native, and her sister organized a Black Lives Matter march around the courthouse on June 12th. Twenty-five people chanted, carried signs, and halted to share calls for action and 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence in memory of George Floyd. Kelso told the group that she and her peers were paying attention during their teen years, thinking, “someone should do something to fix this.” Suddenly, she says they realized they were now the people who must do something. She plans to organize small voter registration events in August and September. Congressional Candidate Kristy Gnibus is campaigning to groups online and earning endorsements from organizations and leaders that believe in her ability to represent the needs of Pennsylvania families in Congress. DWMC voted to send a donation to her campaign. Gnibus for Congress yard signs will be available soon. The first batch of Biden for President yard signs went like hotcakes when they arrived last month. DWMC will distribute another batch of pre-ordered signs this weekend. There was much discussion about concern for safe and secure voting in November. Almost all of the events where DWMC promoted voter registration were cancelled due to COVID-19. Phone banking from home is an easy way get out the vote, answer questions about vote-by-mail, and help elect candidates up and down the ballot in 2020. To get involved, contact LaShana Barnett, the Mercer Field Organizer, at [email protected] or (724) 851-2915. To learn more about vote-by-mail in Pennsylvania, go to votespa.com. Join Democrat Women of Mercer County, PA on Facebook or at www.democratwomenmc.org Comments are closed.
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